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Kirke is a comic book by Magda van Tilburg, in which she presents the myth of Circe and Odysseus according to Homer. The entire comic is written in ancient Greek, the phrases used by characters come from books X and XI of Odyssey. Some of hexameters and words are omitted or slightly modified producing a more fluent story and lively dialogue. It is only in the digital version that the original text is accompanied by an English translation. In addi(...)

YEAR: 1983 2019 (coloured digital version)

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Ancient Greece Class Assembly

This worksheet offers a plan for a school assembly on the Greek gods. School assemblies are common in schools around the world. They present the opportunity for students (and their teachers) to show their parents/other students what they have learnt. This worksheet refers to a 6th grade (Key stage 3/ Year 7 in the UK) presentation of their history lessons on ancient Greece. Such assemblies may occur at the end of term/school year. (...)

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Ancient Greece Class Assembly

Ancient Greek in your Pocket

Le grec ancien dans votre poche is one of the numerous publications in the series Les Mini Larousse (...dans votre poche) published by Larousse. As announced in its title, the handbook is a miniature compendium of Ancient Greek language in a compact pocket format (10 x 15 cm). It contains 1000 Greek words and phrases indispensable in middle school and high school. There are 20 short thematically organised chapters, discu(...)

YEAR: 2014

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Ancient Greek in your Pocket

Ciuf ciuf, Myths & Legends of Ancient Greece

An off-screen narrator recounts mythical stories to children, covering their main points, as the stories are enacted by stylized silent characters in cartoon animations.The main ancient Greek mythical characters presented in the channel are: Apollo; Cassandra; Hercules; Medusa; Mithras; Poseidon; Prometheus; and Zeus.The language is simple and suitable for a child audience. The narrative turning points are stressed through straight-forward comments and(...)

YEAR: 2019

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Ciuf ciuf, Myths & Legends of Ancient Greece

Dido and Aeneas

Dido et Aeneas is a Latin (bilingual Latin/English as a digital version) comic book based on mainly 4th book of Virgil’s Aeneis. The author presented the story of the characters using a comic she herself illustrated, with the text in the bubbles and the commentary written in Latin using phrases known to the reader from school class. The form of a comic makes the reading a lighter and better adapted to the young reader compared to the same o(...)

YEAR: 1980, 2008

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Dido and Aeneas

Geethanjali Kids - Rhymes and Stories, Ancient Greek Mythological Stories.

In the Youtube channel Geethanjali Kids - Rhymes and Stories two playlists retell stories from ancient Greek mythologies: Ancient Greek mythological stories; Greek stories. The main Greek myths retold and animated for the children are:Apollo and Cassandra; Athena and Poseidon; Eros and Psyche; Hercules and the twelve labours; Hermes and Apollo; Daedalus and Icarus; Odysseus and the Cyclops; Pandora’s box; Persephone; Pe(...)

YEAR: 2019

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Geethanjali Kids - Rhymes and Stories, Ancient Greek Mythological Stories.

This worksheet offers a plan for a school assembly on the Greek gods. School assemblies are common in schools around the world. They present the opportunity for students (and their teachers) to show their parents/other students what they have learnt. This worksheet refers to a 6th grade (Key stage 3/ Year 7 in the UK) presentation of their history lessons on ancient Greece. Such assemblies may occur at the end of term/school year. (...)

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Greek Mythology Worksheets and Teaching Activities: Greek Mythology Flashcard Game

Flash cards/Mythology Card Game

The flash cards demonstrate various characters and events from Greek mythology. The creators note that the card game offers a review for content-based units using Greek myths. The teachers are advised to print two copies of the cards and paste on posterboard to make a deck of cards to play Go Fish, review the vocabulary, or play Memory.

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Greek Mythology Worksheets and Teaching Activities: Greek Mythology Flashcard Game

Homer’s Ares and Aphrodite

The comic was initially created in Greek, in a black-and-white version, and then an online version in colour was introduced accompanied by an English translation. It retells the myth of Aphrodite’s affair with Ares discovered by Helios and revealed to all the gods by Hephaestus’ intrigue. The myth is known from the 8th book of The Odyssey by Homer, where the aoidos Demodocus sings it to the ruler of the Phaeacians. In the comic, however, it is Ho(...)

YEAR: 1984

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Homer’s Ares and Aphrodite

Latin Expressions in Your Pocket

Les expressions latines dans votre poche is one of the numerous publications in the series Les Mini Larousse (...dans votre poche) published by Larousse. As expressed in its title, the handbook is a miniature compendium of Latin expressions in a compact pocket format (10 x 15 cm). It contains 54 Latin expressions and 15 French idiomatic expressions and phrases stemming from and referring to mythology. The Latin expressions and sentences are given in their(...)

YEAR: 2018

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Latin Expressions in Your Pocket

Latin Flashcards. Major Phrases and Words of Wisdom/Sententiae

Latin Flashcards. Major Phrases and Words of Wisdom is a unique set of 500 numbered cards which feature words of wisdom, quotes, and phrases sourced from the Latin cultural field: inter alia maxims from the Roman law, quotes from established literary pieces or everyday sayings. To facilitate the associative memorisation of the phrases, the course is divided into 22 topical categories and a set of phrases and utterances used on a daily basis in the Polish (...)

YEAR: 2012

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Latin Flashcards. Major Phrases and Words of Wisdom/Sententiae

Latin in Your Pocket

Le latin dans votre poche is one of the numerous publications in the series Les Mini Larousse (...dans votre poche) published by the company Larousse. As expressed in its title, the handbook is a miniature compendium of Latin language knowledge in a compact pocket format (10 x 15 cm). It contains 1500 Latin words and phrases indispensable in middle and high school. There are 20 short thematically organised chapters, disc(...)

YEAR: 2014

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Latin in Your Pocket

Phaethon [Radiant]

Phaethon is a comic by Magda van Tilburg, in which she presents the myth of Phaethon according to Ovid: the phrases used by characters come from volumes I and II of Metamorphoses. The entire comic is written in Latin and it is only in the digital version that the original text is accompanied by an English translation. In addition to the translation, supplementary boxes contain explanations referring to proper names and morphological issues. (...)

YEAR: 1986, 2009

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Phaethon [Radiant]

Polystitches, class mascot

Year 6’s current class topic is ‘The Ancient Greeks’ and as part of this they have been reading an abridged copy of The Odyssey. Across the school each class has a mascot in the form of a cuddly toy or similar, which is given out each week for exceptional work or behaviour. The recipient is then invited to add an entry to the mascot diary detailing what they did during the week. As Y6 are the oldest form i(...)

YEAR: 2019

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Polystitches, class mascot

The Greeks: Didactic Cards

The didactic cards provide children in the 5th grade of primary school with the rudiments of Greek civilization, through an overall account of geography, history, civilization and culture, including mythology.The first seven sheets each deal with one topic: Whereabouts; The polis; The commerce; Art and culture; The theatre; Religion and myths; The Olympic games. Sheets 8-9 contain a final test.Each of the first seven sheets open with a theoretical sect(...)

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The Greeks: Didactic Cards